America On Stage Judge Tips

 Basic Guidelines

·         Give us your opinion of how they danced TODAY (not on reputation)

·         Judge artistic expression and technical merit separately - not a generic score

·         DO NOT HOLD ANY JUDGE SHEETS             

·         DON’T ADD SCORES. It will be done by computer.

·         TURN AROUND on A CAPPELLA TEAM

·         CONFIDENTIALITY - please don’t visit with other judges & stay focused on dancers

·         WE MOVE QUICKLY - Schedule assumes little or NO time between entries

·         LUNCH - DINNER - SNACKS PROVIDED  (don't fill up on POP!)

·         Please do NOT SPEAK TO DIRECTORS during breaks

Dance (Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical)

• TEAM/DUET - Give 2 Scores (10 possible) – Technical Merit and Artistic Expression between 4.5 and 5.0.
• LOTS OF COMMENTS positive!!!!!       minimum 4-10 (+) &  2-4 (-) per section
• NO HUNDREDTHS in Score until you mark Pro
• Put Signature and # on every sheet
• Mark Category of  routine at top of page
   

Clogging

·         Put signature and # on every sheet           

REGULAR SCORE SHEETS  

·         TEAM/DUET Give 2 Scores (10 possible) – Technical Merit and Artistic Expression between 4.5 and 5.0.

·         NO HUNDREDTHS in Score

·         LOTS OF COMMENTS positive!!!!!       minimum 4-10 (+) &  2-4 (-) per section

FREESTYLE/SDUET/ACAP  1^st ,2^nd , 3^rd  - no tenths – Click here for Copy of it.
^·          If get OFF-BEAT – treat it like they had fallen “off the beam” in gymnastics – no 1^st

 PRO SCORE SHEETS –

·         PRO FREESTYLE/SDUET/ACAP  1^st ,2^nd , 3^rd  - if 1^st score 1.1, 1.2, thru 1.9   

·         PRO TEAM/DUET Give 7 Scores – Optional 3 Scores .1 Difficulty (10.1 possible)

·         You MUST score all seven categories, please score the difficulty often

·         There are overalls so you might want to keep track of top scores on a notepad

·         PENALTY (Head) Judges sheet – appoint by stage – only fill out if have an infraction